Star Wars Security
An oldie but a goodie. Star Wars examined from the point of view of Saltzer and Schroeder’s classic ‘The Protection of Information in Computer Systems‘, courtesy of Emergent Chaos.
Nov
17
2008
17
2008
Nov
10
2008
10
2008
8 Common Tactics of a Social Engineer
Social Engineering exists regardless of what patch you have running in your OS. The weakest link in any security chain is ‘people’. Here are 8 common tactics. I’ve been able to employ a few of them, and psychological cues such as borrowing the companies ‘hold’ music are simple yet effective. This is a good companion piece to ‘Social Engineering Fundamentals.’
